“The total area affected by pollution is estimated at approximately 1,000 square kilometers, Grynchuk noted”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“On January 9, at 4:00 a.m., the satellite recorded an additional spot with a length of 450 square kilometers, divided into several spots. We did simulations based on satellite images to see how this pollution might move about a week in advance. Today, we see that there is no threat to the Odesa coast,” Grynchuk emphasized.
According to the minister’s information, “today fuel oil stains are recorded along the coast of the southern and southwestern coast of the Crimean peninsula, in particular, in the Sevastopol area, in Kacha, spots with a length of up to 15 km have been recorded.”
The total area affected by pollution is estimated at approximately 1,000 square kilometers, Grynchuk noted.
Earlier, on January 4, a state of regional emergency was declared in Sevastopol in the occupied Crimea due to fuel oil stains discovered on the shore, the head of the Russian-controlled city, Mykhailo Razvozhaev, said on January 4.
He claims that there is no mass pollution of the coastline in Sevastopol, but traces of fuel oil are found in various places.
On December 27, it became known that the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, introduced a state of emergency of federal (i.e. national) significance due to the spill of fuel oil in the Black Sea after the accident of two tankers.
Over the past few days, there have been more and more reports that oil products after the accident in the Kerch Strait have reached remote areas of the occupied Crimea – although in the first weeks, the pollution more affected the Russian Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar Territory, in particular, near the resort town of Anapa.
Two Russian Volgoneft fuel oil tankers had an accident in the Kerch Strait on December 15. According to the main version, it happened because of a storm.